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The phrase "applied for the prison" is not correct in standard English usage.
It may be intended to express a request for admission or a position related to a prison, but it lacks clarity and proper context.
Example: "After completing my degree in criminal justice, I applied for the prison to work as a counselor."
Alternatives: "applied to the prison" or "submitted an application for the prison."
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He applied for the prison library job when he saw it posted on Craigslist.
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Your best chance of applying for the position of prison warden is to come from the ranks of corrections officers, preferably in the region or location where you would like to become a warden.
WASHINGTON — In a proposal that could allow as many as 5,500 federal inmates to apply for reduced prison terms, the Obama administration on Wednesday backed retroactively lightening some sentences for past crack cocaine convictions.
Though this isn't a mandatory step for all future prison wardens, some prison warden positions require you to have a Master's in Criminal Justice before you even apply for the position.
Grayling also said the chief inspector of prisons, Nick Hardwick, who has proved a robust critic of prison conditions, would not automatically have his term extended next July but instead would have to re-apply for the post.
You apply for the permit.
Applying for the fellowship.
The Libyan government has applied for his release from prison in Scotland to serve out his term in Libya under an agreement with Britain on transferring prisoners.
Conover went on to write about the lives of the priviledged at Aspen, in Whiteout: Lost in Aspen (Random House, 1991) and, nearly nine years later, after having been denied access to research the lives of the guards at Sing Sing, he applied for and obtained employment at the prison.
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